Instrument for washing the vagina



(No` Model.)

` W. B. SIMS.

` l', AINSTruminanti? FOR AWASHIM. THE VAGINA. No. 258,140. Patented May 16, 1882.

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WILLIAM B. SIMS, ST. JOSEPH, ILLINOIS.

INSTRUMENT FOR WASHING THE VAGINA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 258,140, dated May 16, 1882. Application filed February 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Suus, M. D., ot' St. Joseph, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Instruments for Tashing the Vagina, Womb,'&c.; and I do hereby ticolare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which the figure is a view of my improved apparatus, with the vaginal tube in section. My invention relates to improvements in instruments for washing the vagina, womb, 85e.; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a tube, tapering inwardly, adapted to be inserted in the vagina, and preferably made of hard rubber, and provided with a cap or cover, b.

c represents a hollow spherical socket, pro! vided withan eXteriorly-threaded'neck, adapted to be screwed into a threaded orifice, d, in the cover b.

h represents a ball, preferably made of soft rubber, fitting intothe socket o, and adapted to turn'therein.

vm represents a Vtube passing diametrically through the bali/tand into the vaginal tube a, and provided near its lower end with a scries of per'orations, t t, for the passage of water into the vagina, and near its outer end, be-

`yond the cap or cover b, with a stop-cock, u,-

for a purpose hereinafter explained. By this construction it will be seen that the tube m can be inserted-into or withdrawn from the vaginal tube a, or is longitudinally adjustable therein, as desired, to suit any depthot vagina, and that the tube m, in consequence of its ball-and-socket or universal-joint connection with the cover of the vaginal tube a, may have a rotary motion imparted to it by the" operator, as desired, to throw the Water upon all the different parts of the vagina` or other part i operated upon by the instrument. The upper end ot' the small tube m is connected byarubber tube, o, with a vessel or receptacle, u, containing water. 1

p represents a short waste or drain tube passing through an orifice, g, near the lower end ofthe cover b of the vaginal tube a. To the outer end of the short tube p is secured a rubber tube, r, leading the water off into a slopvessel, e.

In practice, to apply the instrument to cleanse the vagina, womb, or other parts thc vaginal tubeis inserted into the vagina with thc drain-pipe down, and the tubem connected by its rubber pipeo with a vesselcontaining water, the patient lying in bed with the hips elevated and the water-vessel u elevated above the patient. The stop-cock is then turned and the water is conducted by gravityinto the vagina, and the tube m is turned so as to thoroughly wash all parts thereof. The water thence passes out ofthe vaginal tube through the drain-pipe p, all the escaping water from the vagina being collected by the vaginal tube, and thence through the rubber pipe r into the slop-vessel r.

By this instrument the tiuid-is gathered in the main vaginaltube or 'chamber and con?` ducted off by thedrain-pipe into a slop-vessel,

everything remaining dry and comfortable.

Tile instrument can be employed for treat'- in g diseases of the rectum and deep abscesses.

What I claim as my invention is-` The combination, with a vaginal tube, a, of

a ball-and-socket joint, h @secured to the cover of said tube, and an adjustable deliverytube, m., passing through the ball-and-socket joint, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM BLACKBURN SIMS. WVitnesses:

LEW. E. STEvENsoN,

WM. F. STEvENsoN. 

